Amazon India head Amit Agarwal elevated to SVP

BENGALURU: Amazon India country manager Amit Agarwal has been elevated to the role of Senior Vice President, making him a part of a small team globally. The promotion comes within a year of Agarwal’s inclusion in the S-Team (senior leadership team), who report directly to chief executive officer and president Jeff Bezos. Agarwal was inducted to the S-Team in April 2016.

Agarwal will continue to head the India business, which becomes crucial for Amazon to win in the face of Alibaba’s imminent entry through Paytm’s online marketplace. Agarwal has been on a steady rise in the company ranks over the past 18 years he has spent in the company and was also a part of the much coveted technical advisor team, known as the Shadow Team of Bezos.

In November, there were talks of Agarwal relocating to the company headquarters in Seattle which were later denied by him.

Over the last one year, Amazon has pumped in Rs 7000 crore in its India operations and has made a commitment of investing $5 billion to grow the e-commerce marketplace’s presence.